Sic Itur Ad Astra Scilicet (This is the way to the stars, of course), Romeyn de Hooghe, 1688

A broadside satirising father petre and his amoral lifestyle; with an etching attributed to de hooghe showing a palatial room, in the centre a dining table, laden with a peacock pie and other dishes, and various seated monks and clerics carousing, on the right father petre [no. 1], one foot resting on a closed bible, talking to a woman to his left representing vanity [no. 6], on his other side envy holding a torch and eating a heart [no. 17], a figure of gluttony [no. 10] placing a dish before an obese friar [no. 2], in the background on the wall various scenes of catholic misconduct; with engraved latin title, inscriptions, and numbering 1-18, and with letterpress title and verses, including legend, in four columns. (n. P. :[1688]). Date: 1688. Dimensions: Height: 313 mm (etching); Height: 565 mm (printed area); Width: 424 mm (etching); Width: 424 mm (printed area). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Father Edward Petre. Collection: British Museum. Sic Itur Ad Astra Scilicet (This is the way to the stars, of course) (BM 1864,0813.273 1)